Laufer Wind Announces First Operational Aircraft Detection Lighting
System on US Wind Farm

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Laufer
Wind announces the first FAA-approved commercial operation of an
Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS) on a US wind farm. The
radar-activated lighting technology was installed on a recently
constructed and commissioned 80MW wind farm in Wyoming. Flight tests
were successfully conducted and the system went operational in November
of 2016.

Tall structures are required to be lit by the FAA as a safety precaution
for pilots. Wind farm developers and owners face a unique challenge in
addressing local communities’ concerns about the potential for blinking
lights at night. The ADLS is designed to mitigate the impact of nightime
lights by deploying a radar-based system around a farm, turning lights
on only when low-flying aircraft are detected nearby. Standards for ADLS
technology were introduced by the FAA in December 2015.

“Since we turned the system on in Wyoming, we regularly see nights where
the lights are off 99% of the time,” said Eric Laufer, founder and
President of Laufer Wind. “This is an exciting achievement for us and a
step forward for the wind industry. We are proud to have been the first
company to successfully demonstrate ADLS to the FAA, the first to
receive FAA approval for an ADLS deployment, and the first to achieve
commercial operation of an ADLS on a US wind farm. I believe radar
lighting will enable more turbines to be permitted and built around the
world and we expect to see many more installations in the US in the near
future.”